North puts GPS on some trash balloons... "Preparing for weaponization."

It has been found that some of the trash balloons North Korea has sent to the South have been equipped with a location information system and a GPS transmitter.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that some of the collected North Korean garbage balloons were equipped with GPS devices and is analyzing whether North Korea tracked the balloon's travel path in real time.

It is also said that North Korea is conducting an analysis on whether it can launch a deliberate attack by remotely detonating a balloon that has reached the desired point.An official from

County pointed out that garbage balloons have limitations in overcoming weather conditions such as wind direction, even if they are equipped with GPS, but said they are preparing for contingencies by tracking the possibility of North Korea's development of balloon flotation technology.

Until now, the way North Korea detonated balloon drops has been that after a time entered in the timer in advance, the heating device operates and burns bags of garbage.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea flew balloons south 28 times from May this year to the 11th of this month, with a total of more than 6,000.